Sound machines promise better sleep, but new research suggests they may quietly steal your REM and deep sleep.
Sound machines may not be the sleep saviors many believe. Researchers found that pink noise significantly reduced REM sleep, ...
Pink noise by itself, equivalent to "moderate rainfall," was linked to a loss of 19 minutes of REM sleep. And pink noise combined with aircraft noise led to "significantly shorter" time spent in deep ...
As the clock strikes 2:00 a.m., sleep remains out of reach. Despite trying countless strategies—cognitive shuffling, sheep counting, deep breathing—your mind continues its relentless marathon of ...
“The sound machine can generate any of several types of sound, from nature [or] music,” Dr. Cory Portnuff, an audiologist at the University of Colorado Health’s Hearing and Balance Clinic, says. In ...
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During sleep, the brain must achieve a delicate balance: disconnecting from sensory input to allow restorative functions, while remaining alert enough to wake if danger arises. How does it sort ...